Banks are falling behind on payment speed, cost

Consumers are frustrated by the fragmented peer-to-peer, or P2P, payment landscape, according to a survey by American Banker's Market Intelligence team.

www.americanbanker.com/payments/new...

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How Shopify and Meta are diving deeper into banking

Shopify has added #AgenticPayments capabilities through a partnership with Meta.

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Stripe’s wallet embraces #AI bots

The payments giant has recently integrated its Link digital wallet for consumers with personal AI agents from Meta, xAI and other AI players.

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Portage Finalizes $600M Fintech Venture Fund

Combined with earlier strategies, the new capital lifts Portage’s assets under management to about $7 billion.

www.crowdfundinsider.com/2026/09/3110...

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Is there an #AgenticPayments bubble?

Agentic payment volume has declined in 2026, following a spike in late 2025.

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#Payments giants battle the fear factor in #AgenticCommerce

​Visa and Mastercard have released products designed to manage #AI agent risk, and are also working with Ant International on a shared know-your-agent protocol.

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Scammers fake student identities to siphon aid payments

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is warning payment processors and financial institutions “to be vigilant” of the fraud schemes.

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MoneyGram taps #Stablecoin ally
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The cross-border company and its rival Western Union are both working with Signify Holdings, aka Rain, to power new digital currency ventures

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Walmart slams card fee pact, again

The largest U.S. retailer joined hundreds of other merchants calling a swipe-fee settlement with the card networks inadequate and unfair.

www.paymentsdive.com/news/walmart...

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Mastercard CFO seeks int’l growth

The company’s new chief financial officer presented his view of #Stablecoins, growth and acquisitions at an investment bank conference last week.

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Fiserv’s CEO eyes monetization

Takis Georgakopoulos is trying to reposition the company so it’s better able to sell its key payments and banking services.

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BVNK and Marqeta dangle a #Payments lure for #Stablecoins

Through Mastercard's ownership of BVNK, the firm will work with Marqeta to support wider use cases for digital asset payments.

www.americanbanker.com/payments/new...

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Block, Inc’s Bank Charter Push Signals Bigger Ambitions in Digital Assets

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Visa offers data to back onchain lending

The card network aims to offer settlement and blockchain data so fintechs and card programs backed by #Stablecoins can better access onchain credit.

www.paymentsdive.com/news/visa-of...

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BMO payments partner to pay $12M for serving shell companies

The $12 million and the processing ban take effect only if the Judge approves the settlement, and Humboldt would then have seven days to pay.

www.americanbanker.com/news/bmo-pay...

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US Bank partners with Stellar to test #Stablecoin

U.S. Bank has completed a test of its stablecoin, processing a payment between North America and Europe.

www.americanbanker.com/payments/new...

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Zip explores an #EWA play

The buy now, pay later company may start a U.S. earned wage access service as an “income-smoothing” complement to its business.

www.paymentsdive.com/news/zip-exp...

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Circle to buy Tazapay for $400M

Tazapay and Circle first forged a partnership last year, and according to CEO Jeremy Allaire, they “share a deep alignment.”

www.bankingdive.com/news/circle-...

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Robinhood taps Ramp to streamline global finance operations

Robinhood will deploy Ramp's corporate credit cards, real-time spending controls, and automated expense tracking software across its global workforce.

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Fintech is helping shift global payroll away from traditional processing

The market has moved toward a platform approach for automated processing, instant #Payments, funding, FX, digital wallets, pay modality and money movement

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